A rave party, more often called a rave, is an all-night dance event where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music and rave music. The slang expression rave was originally used by people of Caribbean descent in London during the 1960s to describe a party. In the late 1980s, the term began to be used to describe the subculture that grew out of the acid house movement that began in Chicago and New York and flourished in the United Kingdom club scene. For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... Rave music consists of forms of electronic music for dancing that are associated with the rave scene. ... Slang is the non-standard use of words in a language of a particular social group, and sometimes the creation of new words or importation of words from another language. ... ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... As understood in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a set of people with a distinct set of behavior and beliefs that differentiate them from a larger culture of which they are a part. ... Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Official language(s) English Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...

The availability of drugs—particularly ecstasy—have caused them to be targeted and criticized by law enforcement officials and parents' groups. Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than for working or for medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the secretion of and inhibit the re-uptake of large amounts of serotonin as well as dopamine and noradrenaline in the brain, causing...

A crowd enjoys NASA Rewind in Manhattan NY on April 3rd, 2004.

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History

Mainstream raves began in the late 1980s as a product of, reaction to, and rebellion against, trends in popular music, nightclub culture, and commercial radio. See also list of noteworthy raves for more about specific events. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... A nightclub (often shortened to club) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... A rave party, more often called a rave and sometimes called a free party, is typically an all-night dance event where DJs and other performers play electronic dance music and rave music. ...

In an effort to maintain distance and secrecy from the mainstream club scene (or perhaps for lack of affordable, receptive venues), warehouses, rental halls, and outside locations most often served as raves' venues. In an effort to control and curtail rave parties, some police and governmental bodies effectively outlawed raves in some areas. Such laws consequently forced regional electronic dance music events to move to formal venues, such as nightclubs and amphitheatres. Some venues and jurisdictions additionally prohibited certain types of rave fashion and paraphernalia. Mainstream is, generally, the common current of thought. ... A nightclub (often shortened to club) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... A nightclub (often shortened to club) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... The name amphitheatre (alternatively amphitheater) is given to a public building of the Classical period (being particularly associated with ancient Rome) which was used for spectator sports, games and displays. ...

Early raves were completely do it yourself; only a small number of people contributed to event production and promotion. Self-styled production and promotion companies have increasingly organized raves; the "companies" were usually unofficial or loosely defined. Some of the more well-known rave promotion companies have included Brotherhood of Boom, Mushgroove, Freebass Society, and Pure. The companies promote their events by creating and distributing fliers and online bulletins. See also: DIY Network, a cable TV network. ...

As law enforcement agencies increasingly began paying attention to raves, concealing a party's location became important to an event's success. To that end, event organizers sometimes either promoted events solely by word-of-mouth, or would only reveal the date and location of the event to subscribers of an electronic mailing list or via voicemail. Some even went so far as to provide a series of clues or map checkpoints that ultimately led to the location of the rave. Electronic mailing lists are a special usage of email that allows for widespread distribution of information to many Internet users. ... Voicemail (or voice mail; abbreviated v-mail or vmail), invented by Scott A. Jones, is a centralized system of managing telephone messages for a large group of people. ...

1980s

What could arguably be called raves existed in the early 1980s in the Ecstasy-fuelled club scene in clubs like NRG, and in the drug-free, all-ages scene in Detroit at venues like The Music Institute. However, it was not until the mid to late 1980s that a wave of psychedelic and other electronic dance music, most notably acid house and techno, emerged and caught on in the clubs, warehouses and free-parties of London and later Manchester. These early raves were called the Acid House Summers. They were mainstream events that attracted thousands of people (up to 25,000 instead of the 4,000 that came to earlier warehouse parties) to come, dance and take ecstasy. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the secretion of and inhibit the re-uptake of large amounts of serotonin as well as dopamine and noradrenaline in the brain, causing... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor... Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. ... Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England, United Kingdom. ... Book cover showing psychedelic colouring typical of the scene An acid house party was a type of illegal party typically staged in warehouses in 1987-88. ... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the secretion of and inhibit the re-uptake of large amounts of serotonin as well as dopamine and noradrenaline in the brain, causing...

The noise and disturbance of thousands of people appearing at rural locations caused outrage in the national media. The government branded them Public Enemy number 1 and made the fine for holding an illegal party £20,000 and six months in prison. This, along with ecstasy becoming scarce, ended the early raves. A fine is money paid as a financial punishment for the commission of minor crimes or as the settlement of a claim. ...

Police crackdowns on these often-illegal parties drove the scene into the countryside. The word "rave" somehow caught on to describe these semi-spontaneous weekend parties occurring at various locations outside the M25 Orbital motorway. (It was this that gave Orbital their name.) The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ... Orbital was an English techno duo formed in 1989, consisting of brothers Paul and Phil Hartnoll. ...

The early rave scene also flourished underground in some Canadian and U.S. cities such as Montreal, San Francisco and Los Angeles and as word of the budding scene spread, raves quickly caught on in other cities such as San Diego and New York City and in major urban centres across the European continent. City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 366. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish; Los Ángeles) is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... San Diego County in the Southwest corner of California. ... NYC and New York, New York redirect here. ...

In several literary sources, Genesis P-Orridge of Psychic TV is often credited as being one of the earliest pioneers of the rave scene. Psychic TV released several early acid house albums, most notably Jack the Tab. Genesis P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson February 22, 1950, or May 22, 1949), is an English performer, musician, writer and artist. ... Psychic TV (sometimes spelt Psychick TV) or PTV, is primarily an electronic music group that occasionally forays into psychedelic, punk, and experimental music. ... Psychic TV (sometimes spelt Psychick TV) or PTV, is primarily an electronic music group that occasionally forays into psychedelic, punk, and experimental music. ... Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. ...

1990s: United Kingdom

Raves began to expand into a global phenomenon around 1989-1992, mostly on a grassroots basis: people who had travelled to attend the first raves in each region began setting up promotion companies, often informally, to organize their own parties. By the mid-1990s, major corporations were sponsoring events and adopting the scene's music and fashion for their "edgier" advertising, making the scene become more commercialized.-1... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ...

After a particularly large rave (near Castlemorton) the government acted. In 1994, the United Kingdom's Criminal Justice Bill passed as the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 which contained several sections designed to suppress the growing free party and anti-road protest movements (sometimes embodied by ravers and travellers). The Castlemorton Common Festival was a week-long festival held in the Bristol area, in 1992. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... A free party is a party free from the restrictions of the legal club scene. ... Reclaim the Streets (RTS) is a group of people with a collective ideal of community ownership of public spaces. ... Demonstrators march in the street while protesting the World Bank and International Monetary Fund on April 16, 2005. ... This article is about a form of party. ... Irish Travellers are a nomadic or itinerant people of Irish origin living in Ireland, Great Britain and the United States. ...

Sections 63, 64 & 65 of the Act targeted electronic dance music, defining it as "wholly or predominantly characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats". The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act empowered police to arrest citizens who appeared to be: preparing to hold a rave (2 or more people), waiting for a rave to start (10+), or attending a rave (100+). Section 65 allows any uniformed constable who believes a person is on their way to a rave within a five-mile radius to stop them and direct them away from the area; noncompliant citizens may be subject to a maximum fine of £1,000. Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. ...

1990s: Europe

Rave culture was becoming part of a new youth movement. DJs and electronic music producers such as Westbam proclaimed the existence of a "raving society" and promoted electronic music as legitimate competition for rock and roll. Indeed, electronic dance music and rave subculture became mass movements. Raves had tens of thousands of attendants, youth magazines featured styling tips and television networks launched music magazines on house and techno music. The annual Love Parade festivals in Berlin attracted more than one million partygoers between 1997 and 2000. DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... == == // Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... == == // Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... As understood in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a set of people with a distinct set of behavior and beliefs that differentiate them from a larger culture of which they are a part. ... Mass wasting, also known as mass movement, is the process by which rock and regolith move downslope mainly due to the pull of gravity. ... House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. ... Techno- is a prefix relating to technology. ... Siegessäule, Love Parade 2001 Dancer, Love Parade 2001 The Love Parade is a popular one-weekend techno festival taking place in Berlins Tiergarten Park every summer since 1989. ...

Raves had also spread to far away places like Australia, where the Melbourne Shuffle dance style has evolved over the last 15 years. The Melbourne Shuffle at Hard Kandy Nightclub. ...

2000s

a Friday Night Raw rave underneath the holy city of Jerusalem, 4.11.2004

In the early 2000s illegal parties still exist, albeit on smaller scales, and the number of sanctioned events seemed to be on the rise. The few constants in the scene include amplified electronic dance music, a vibrant social network built on the ethos of the acronym PLUR, "Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect", percussive music and freeform dancing as a basis for drug use, and an ambivalent attitude toward "club drugs" such as ecstasy, methamphetamine, speed and Ketamine, also known as "special K". However, increased cocaine usage, preponderance of adulterated ecstasy tablets and organized criminal activity has been detrimental to UK-based rave culture, although free parties are now on the rise again. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2000x3008, 2462 KB)raw (05) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2000x3008, 2462 KB)raw (05) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U. S. presidential election (November 7-December 13, 2000) September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ... A social network is a social structure between actors, mostly individuals or organizations. ... PLUR is an acronym that stands for Peace, Love, Unity, Respect, a credo of the rave culture. ... ... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the secretion of and inhibit the re-uptake of large amounts of serotonin as well as dopamine and noradrenaline in the brain, causing... The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view. ... Amphetamine, also known as speed, is a synthetic stimulant used to suppress the appetite, control weight, and treat disorders including narcolepsy and Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. ... Ketamine is a general dissociative anaesthetic for human and veterinary use. ... This article is about the drug Cocaine. ... For an explanation of terms like England, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology) Motto: Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Anthem: God Save the Queen4 Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English de facto 5 Government Monarch Prime... A free party is a party free from the restrictions of the legal club scene. ...

According to some long-time observers, rave music and its subculture began to stagnate by the end of the 1990s. The period of grassroots innovation and explosive growth and evolution was over; the flurry of passionate activity and the sense of international community were fading. Rave music consists of forms of electronic music for dancing that are associated with the rave scene. ... As understood in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a set of people with a distinct set of behavior and beliefs that differentiate them from a larger culture of which they are a part. ...

By the early 2000s, the terms "rave" and "raver" had fallen out of favor among many people in the electronic dance music community, particularly in Europe. Many Europeans returned to identifying themselves as "clubbers" rather than ravers. It became unfashionable among many electronic dance music aficionados to describe a party as a "rave", perhaps because the term had become bastardized. Some communities preferred the term "festival", while others simply referred to "parties". True raves, such as "Mayday", continued to occur for a time in Central Europe, with less constrictive laws allowing raves to continue in some countries long after the death of rave in the United Kingdom. Moreover, traditional rave paraphernalia, such as facemasks, pacifiers, and glowsticks ceased to be popular. Saddam Hussein shortly after his capture Major controversy over U. S. presidential election (November 7-December 13, 2000) September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on New Yorks World Trade Center and Virginias Pentagon killing almost 3000 people. ... This article is about a form of party. ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... This article is about a form of party. ... Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ...

Raves and ravers continued to be vilified by government authorities. For example, following a July 2005 violent raid by police on CzechTek, an annual techno music festival, the Czech Republic's Prime Minister said the festival's attendees were "no dancing children but dangerous people" and that many were "obsessed people with anarchist proclivities and international links," who "provoke massive violent demonstrations, fuelled by alcohol and drugs, against the peaceful society". [1] 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CzechTek is annual teknival held at the end of July in the Czech Republic. ...

As with any trend that runs on for more than a decade, the Rave scene has recently been harking back to the old days of warehouse parties, with a surge in "old school" club nights, particularly in the Jungle scene, with DJs and producers who had dropped out of the business playing sets of music from the founding days of their genre, and producing new records in that style. Clubs are increasingly going back to the grimy days of warehouses in terms of styling, rather than the interior designed venues of the late 90s. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Drum and bass. ...

But more importantly, the rave scene has become its own culture rather than just a "party" term. Vibrant groups of like-minded individuals have united in the "underground" dance scene to form raver communities that share the same ideas that the raver community was built upon in the 1990's: Openness, Acceptance, and Positivism. A prime example of this culture would be the tight-knit community based out of New York City built around the Raveclick.Com website. Founded by Despina Simegiatos, the web site was created as a way to educate and keep people informed about the underground rave culture and scene bubbling beneath the Five Burroughs. Comprised of dancers, DJ's, producers, promoters, and fans of electronic dance music, the site has attracted over 1,400 members to its message board and has become a central hub of the New York rave scene while still retaining a core of friends who share the same ideals and desire. These communities will strive to keep the rave scene and it's culture alive and well in big cities across the United States.

Respect in raver culture

Respect is a central word in the raver culture, which believes in never doing anything to hurt or insult anyone. It is combined with peace, love and unity in the raver acronym PLUR. In this culture, respect is not something that is given by default in a relationship, it is something that must be earned through action. Many people assume that respect is a given, and feel slighted when their 'phantom respect' is not given in return. Respect is the objective, unbiased consideration and regard for the rights, values, beliefs and property of all people. ... PLUR is an acronym that stands for Peace, Love, Unity, Respect, a credo of the rave culture. ...

Rave culture in the USA

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The upsurge in popularity of rave culture in the United States at a certain period in time often lends it characteristics common to a 'movement' or Subculture. Although raves have existed in the United States as long as in any other country, the sudden explosion of mainstream popularity in the late nineties has lead to more common approaches to defining rave culture as a youth movement, in way which would not be possible in the UK or Europe due to a greater diversity amongst participants, countries and musical styles. Accordingly, many of the descriptions listed below are only appropriate to groups within the USA, and may even constitute generalisations within the US itself. Image File history File links Nuvola_apps_browser. ... As understood in sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a set of people with a distinct set of behavior and beliefs that differentiate them from a larger culture of which they are a part. ... World map showing Europe Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiogeographic one. ...

Although not universally agreed upon by those in the rave movement, some of the central tenets of the culture are said to be:

• Openness: to not judge, condemn, or label other people's style of clothes, hair, makeup, costume, sexual orientation, musical preference, race, age, gender, class or income.
• Acceptance: to not try to convince anyone of the rightness or wrongness associated with most human activities.
• Positivity: to subscribe to the notion that if something makes someone happy without hurting someone else, then that something is okay. As such, fights or scuffles at a rave are rare and the atmosphere itself is one that is welcoming and loving.

Although not a constant among all ravers, one philosophy of rave culture is expressed through the acronym "PLUR", for Peace, Love, Unity, Respect. The concept itself is found particularly irritating by a large number of clubgoers, many of whom have been hoping the concept will fade into antiquity, to be replaced by better marketing terminology for positivist thinking, at some later date. As of yet the new terminology is still unknown. PLUR is an acronym that stands for Peace, Love, Unity, Respect, a credo of the rave culture. ...

Ravers have been compared to both the hippies of the 1960s and new wavers of the 1980s due to their interest in non-violence and music. The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ...

Technology is, by definition, central to electronic music, and technological innovation has influenced rave subculture in many ways. For example, since loud music made it difficult to converse at raves, virtual communities were extremely important in rave subculture. Also, access to various affordable computer technologies empowered amateurs to compose or manipulate electronic music. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... == == // Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... A virtual community is a group whose members are connected by means of information technologies, typically the Internet. ... A computer is a machine capable of processing data according to a program — a list of instructions. ... Technology (Gr. ... == == // Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ...

At rave parties dance tricks of all kinds are very popular. However these tricks are not always entirely safe and can sometimes lead to damages, so they are not always tolerated by the organizers of the rave. The rules for what kind of tricks are allowed differ from party to party.

In contrast to many other 'Youth Cultures', older people are often active members of the scene and are well represented at events.

Types of ravers

Loosely defined terms generated by the rave community. They are generalized and not conclusive, complete, nor necessarily current.

• Old school raver - refers to someone who has been a raver for some time, whereas a baby raver or a newbie refers to someone who is new to raving or at their first rave. Hardcore ravers are sometimes called pure ravers or true ravers or partykids. Something can be rave or have raveness.

• Jaded raver - one who has been in the rave scene for a long time or someone who is growing tired of 'the scene' and raving. The newness of the experience has long ago worn off and they have noticed the seamier side. They may be annoyed at what the raving experience has become or they may be lackadaisical to certain aspects of raving that they once held a fondness for. Quite often a jaded raver will not appreciate the influx of new ravers into the scene because the new ravers are viewed as contributing to the scene's decay.

• Club kid - tends to dress in bright colors and flashy, sometimes gaudy clothes, including leather and fur. They might also favor fluorescent plastic bead necklaces and candy bracelets. Many club kids also wear children's’ backpacks.

• Candy raver / candykid / bunny - often wears brightly colored and child-like fashions such as day-glo wide leg pants, black light reactive or glow-in-the-dark bracelets/necklaces and t-shirts featuring cartoon characters. They wear homemade bracelets and necklaces made of plastic, glass, or felt beads or candy. Candy ravers or candykids are often found exchanging or giving out small gifts. These small gifts will usually be hugs, toys, glowsticks, CDs, necklaces, bracelets, and/or candy.

• Junglist refers to a sub-culture of the rave scene defined by drum and bass (DnB) and jungle music. Some Junglists detest mainstream rave music and prefer darker and deeper vibes. Many junglists refuse to refer to themselves as 'ravers' because of the drug connotations and the rave style of dress and attitude. Junglists can sometimes be found dressed in camouflage, earthy tones, and adorning wooden bead jewelry. Hemp, dreadlocks, bandanas, and rastafarian-type gear are also commonly worn fashions. Other localities have a junglist culture that is more refined in dress with clean cut khakis, button up shirts, and vested sweaters being the norm.

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Glowsticking

Some ravers participate in a light-oriented dance called glowsticking, and a similar dance called glowstringing, or poi. These dances, however, are independent of the raving community, and often the stereotyped association may be resented. Glow sticks in the dark stimulate the pupils, and it is claimed that they relieve the effects of Ecstasy. Therefore at some rave places they are presented as "safety materials." In some cases the sale of glow sticks during rave parties was presented as a proof of illegal drug use. Glow sticks have been considered drug paraphernalia because they are used in giving someone on Ecstasy a "light show." The recipient of the light show sits or stands facing the show giver who moves the glow sticks away and towards the face of the recipient in various stylized movements. This lightshow is sometimes accompanied by a massage and/or by blowing mentholated vapours into the nose, mouth, and eyes of the recipient. This is intended to increase the effects of Ecstasy. Glowsticking is simply defined as the art of dancing with glowsticks or other glowstick-like instruments that share the same kind of qualities: durable, consistency in light, safe to toss around, and often made up of a soft and pliant plastic. ... Glowsticking is simply defined as the art of dancing with glowsticks or other glowstick-like instruments that share the same kind of qualities: durable, consistency in light, safe to toss around, and often made up of a soft and pliant plastic. ... POI may mean: Panoramic Optical Imager Parallel optical interface Plan of instruction Plane of Innovation (Everquest) Person of Indian Origin Apache Jakarta POI Point of impact Point of interest Point Of Interface Probability of intercept This page concerning a three-letter acronym or abbreviation is a disambiguation page — a navigational... MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy, is a synthetic entactogen of the phenethylamine family whose primary effect is to stimulate the secretion of and inhibit the re-uptake of large amounts of serotonin as well as dopamine and noradrenaline in the brain, causing...

Regardless, glowsticks can be used at raves for interesting dance effects, because most raves (except some open air raves e.g. technoparades) are held in dark or nearly dark rooms. Because rave parties are popular with people who wish to show off their dancing, glowsticks can be an ancillary material for creative freestyle dance. A Technoparade (the word is German) is a parade of vehicles equipped with strong loudspeakers and amplifiers, along the streets of a municipality, which are closed down for this purpose. ...

Drug use

In the U.S. the subculture has been branded by the mainstream media and law enforcement agencies as a purely drug-centric culture similar to the hippies of the 1960s. As a result, ravers have been effectively run out of business in many areas (Media Awareness Project). Although they continue in major coastal cities like New York and LA, and notably the Winter Music Conference in Florida, most other areas have been relegated to word-of-mouth-only underground parties and nightclub events. In some parts of Europe, raves are common and mainstream, although they are now more often known as "festivals," highlighting multiple acts over a whole day period, and often including non-dance music acts. Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than for working or for medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ...

Groups that have addressed drug use at raves include the Electronic Music Defence and Education Fund (EMDEF) and DanceSafe, which advocate harm reduction approaches. Paradoxically, drug safety literature (such as those distributed by DanceSafe) are used as evidence of condoned drug use (EMDEF press release). Other groups, such as Drug Free America Foundation, Inc., characterize raves as being rife with gang activity, rape, robbery, and drug-related deaths. [2] DanceSafe is a nonprofit, harm reduction organization, with 28 local chapters in the US and Canada, established for the purpose of reducing the inherent risks associated with recreational drug use. ... A bin allowing for safe disposal of needles in a public toilet in Caernarfon, Wales. ...

In 2005, Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, advocated drug testing on highways as a countermeasure against drug use at raves [3]. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is a United Nations agency which was founded in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention with the intent to fight drugs and crime on an international level. ...

See also

• Friday Night Raw raves in Jerusalem
• free party or squat party for the modern, illegal version of raves
• rave music for music and music styles at raves
• list of noteworthy raves
• Acid house party - forerunner of raves typically staged in US and UK warehouses in 1987-88
• RAVE Act, an American law targeting raves
• Better Living Through Circuitry - a 1999 documentary about Electronic music and Dance culture.
• Melbourne Shuffle - An underground rave dance style that has evolved over the last 15 years in Melbourne, Australia

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External links

• Hyperreal.org - The original rave resource on the Net.
• Rave FAQ from 1995..
• Open Directory, Society/Subcultures/Rave
• Partyvibe (Global)

Community and Regional links

• AZ Infoline (Arizona, USA)
• Raveclick (New York City, USA)
• SFRaves (San Francisco, USA)
• mw-raves (Midwest, USA)
• Midwestravers (Midwest, USA)
• PartySmart (New Mexico, USA)
• Virginia Nightlife (Virginia)
• Pittsburgh-Cleveland Raves (Ohio and western Pennsylvania)
• Purerave (Canada / USA)
• TorontoRaves (Canada)
• Friday Night Raw (Jerusalem / Israel)
• Rave Calendar for Montreal and Ontario (Canada)
• XVI.com (Canada)
• Party Directory (Germany)
• Proyecto GDL (Guadalajara, Mexico)